VIdeo | Ivanishvili's Georgia 2019

by Dato Parulava

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What happened in Georgia in 2019? We review the importent developments from this year.

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Dato Parulava is a journalist and former staff writer at OC Media. He’s interested in human rights, with a focus on minority rights and Georgia’s EU integration process, and is currently study

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